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The District's 2026 Annual Report provides an overview of student progress, districtwide achievements and more.
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The Long Beach Unified School District Board of Education approved the selection of David Zaid as the District’s next superintendent. Mr. Zaid will begin on July 1 and lead the District into its next era of excellence.
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On Saturday, May 16, 150 middle school students from across Long Beach Unified School District gathered at McBride High School to engage in hands-on challenges that fostered engineering, teamwork, innovation, and problem-solving.
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The Long Beach Unified School District commends the remarkable 2026 Most Inspiring Students for embodying resilience, empathy, and hard work as part of Vision 2025's Graduate Portrait.
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Free breakfast and lunch will be provided to eligible children enrolled in School Age Care or Expanded Learning Opportunities Program at 41 locations as part of the Long Beach Unified School District’s Summer Food Service Program.
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Graduation season is here, and we’re excited to celebrate the incredible achievements of the Long Beach Unified School District’s Class of 2026!
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The National Equity Project (NEP) recently highlighted the Long Beach Unified School District in its publication, “Seeding Liberatory Leadership”, praising LBUSD’s continued commitment to equity and innovation for its students.
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The mission of the Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING is to support teachers excel in their craft as teachers. This transformation occurs through a program in which experienced educators receive professional developments, trainings, and coaching to achieve the highest levels of teaching excellence.
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Gompers Elementary is pleased to announce that we are offering whole class drumming for selected classrooms using the Beat the Odds® (BTO): Social & Emotional Skill Building Delivered in a Framework of Drumming.
Beat the Odds® is an evidence-based and trauma-informed program that integrates activities from group drumming and group counseling to build core strengths such as focusing and listening, team building, leadership, expressing feelings, managing anger/stress, empathy, and gratitude.
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Modeled after the Best Buddies International Program (www.bestbuddies.org), Gompers' Best Buddies program focuses on building friendships between students with and without disabilities. Socialization is one of the simplest, but most often underestimated, solutions to the pattern of exclusion that people with disabilities have faced for decades.